Chapter 1129 Gifts
The other ministers didn't notice anything, but Wei Zhi and Lord Tang, who knew the inside story, frowned slightly, then silently returned to their seats, bowed again, and sat down.
Man Bao and Bai Shan also raised their heads to look at King Yizhou. This was the first time they saw King Yizhou after knowing their background.
They thought they would show hatred, but when they really saw King Yizhou, they didn't feel much, and looked at King Yizhou standing above with little emotion in their bright eyes.
King Yizhou didn't pay attention to them, after all, so many people were watching them.
The queen mother took his hand and sat in the middle. Today she is a birthday star, so sitting in the middle, the emperor is slightly off, but from a distance, the seats of their mother and son are similar.
After the queen mother sat down, she patted the hand of the king of Yizhou and smiled and said: "You should sit down too, let your wife and the queen sit together, and Xin'an, let him come over quickly."
The Duke of Xin'an who fell behind immediately stepped forward with a smile, gave a deep bow, and called out "Grandmother".
"Okay," the queen mother smiled and took his hand. "Go and sit with your brother, the prince. After a while, you can help your grandmother to see the gifts presented by the courtiers."
The King of Xin'an County smiled and responded.
The prince glanced at his father, and silently got up and moved up, letting his cousin sit next to him.
The second and third princes: …
The fourth prince and his two younger brothers don't care about this. Anyway, they fight with gods, as long as they don't suffer.
The emperor looked cheerful and didn't seem to care about these matters at all. When they were seated, he raised his hand to signal the start of the birthday banquet.
Then comes the gift-giving session.
The birthday gifts that can be carried are naturally not the unknown gifts of Man Bao and the others, but the emperor's gift first.
He picked out the two best ones from his imperial estate to give to the queen mother, and the queen gave the queen mother a jade Buddha.
The queen mother believed in Buddhism.
Man Bao sat beside Mingda and plucked out a grape from the fruit plate in front of him to eat, which was also hard to eat outside.
Seeing that the gifts everyone gave were very expensive, Man Bao asked Mingda in a low voice, "You only gave things that you embroidered, is that okay?"
Mingda leaned into her ear and explained in a low voice, "I'm still young, I'm not married, and I don't have much money. For us, the most important thing is my heart. When I get married, the things I give will not be acceptable. That's it."
Man Bao nodded and saw that the King of Yizhou had given the Queen Mother a coral tree taller than her. The red coral tree was as clear as jade. Man Bao, who had never seen the world much, was stunned.
Even Mingda couldn't help but take a second glance and whispered: "Uncle Huang's handwriting is really big, and there is no such coral tree in the palace."
Man Bao secretly said: This is all the sweat and blood of their Jiannan Road, especially the people of Yizhou.
The emperor also looked at the coral tree several times.
The Queen Mother was so happy that the folds on her face deepened a bit. No matter what the ministers thought in their hearts, they praised the filial piety of the King of Yizhou in accordance with the Queen Mother's wishes.
After the King of Yizhou, the other princes gave gifts. When the uncles finished giving gifts, the crown prince opened the head of their generation.
Man Baomu stared blankly at those rare treasures that he had never seen before, or even heard of, flowing to the Queen Mother, and gradually pondered how much the Queen Mother would make for her birthday this time.
Man Bao turned his head and asked Ming Da, "Does the queen mother have a birthday every year?"
Ming Da froze for a moment and shook his head, "No, in previous years, birthdays were all family banquets, even the uncles and the others didn't come to Beijing very often. This is only the case for birthdays. The last time my grandmother had a birthday, I was young. I don't remember anything. many."
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief.
As a result, Mingda said: "But this year is not the grandmother's birthday. It's just that the grandmother said that her health is very bad, and she wanted to take this opportunity to have another reunion dinner for the family, so the father and the emperor gave her grandmother's birthday."
Man Bao looked up at the Queen Mother's face carefully. She wasn't sitting far away, so she could still see clearly. After listening to her again, Man Bao whispered and said: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother is in good health. ."
Minda: …
Of course she knew that the imperial grandmother was in good health, at least better than her mother, but...
She glanced at Man Bao, don't you say it.
Man Bao looked at her, blinked, and understood a little.
There are not many ministers who can carry gifts to the main hall. The gifts prepared by everyone are very expensive, except for two people.
One is Wei Zhi and the other is Duke Yuxian.
Wei Zhi was really poor, so he gave the Empress Dowager a box of pens, which was given to him by his son. He had been reluctant to use them all the time, and he was still very heartbroken when it was sent to the Empress Dowager.
However, the queen mother is so old that she seldom writes anything, so she smiled and let people accept the gift and did not read more.
Even lighter than Wei Zhi's gift was Duke Yuxian.
Man Bao felt this way because the Duke of Yu County wrote a birthday table for the Queen Mother.
She thought that the queen mother would not like it very much, but who knew that the queen mother was very happy, she was genuinely happy, and she leaned forward when the king of Xin'an went to pick up the gift.
She took the book and opened it and glanced at it, with a bright smile on her face, and thanked Yu County in admiration for justice.
Seeing the doubts on Man Bao's face, Mingda smiled slightly and whispered to her: "Yuxiangong's articles are very famous, and the imperial grandmother likes to read his articles and poems, and he has a long life. Write a birthday table for the imperial grandmother, it is impossible to ask for a thousand pieces of gold."
Man Bao understood at this moment, "Sir, what he said is true, reading is great, and earning money is just a matter of whether you want it or not."
Minda thought it was true.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.
When Duke Yuxian finished presenting the gifts, it was their unmarried little princess' turn.
What everyone gave were their own handmade things, Mingda sent the embroidered longevity characters, and Chang Yu sent a scroll of handwritten scriptures...
The queen mother was also very happy and accepted it with a smile, because it was Mingda's turn and everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on them. Only then did the king of Yizhou find Zhou Man and Zhou Man sitting beside her.
He frowned and didn't really want to mention it. After all, mentioning it in public was equivalent to making her famous, but he endured it, and when he saw Bai Shan and Bai Cheng sitting behind the fifth prince and sixth prince, he still couldn't bear it. live.
He smiled and said to Princess Mingda, "Mingda, who is the little lady sitting next to you?"
Mingda looked back at Man Bao and saluted, "Uncle Hui, she is my friend."
The king of Yizhou asked: "I don't know which family's little lady is, but she can sit on the seat of our Li family."
Ming Da paused and said, "Her surname is Zhou, and my sixth sister and I are all in love with her, so I asked her to sit next to me. Neither the father nor the mother objected."
She looked at the queen mother and said coquettishly, "Grandma, I want to sit with my friend, can I?"
The queen mother also liked Mingda very much. She glanced at Zhou Man and found that she was a little girl not too different from Mingda, with a round face, white and tender, she smiled and nodded, "Of course, you are weak, Don't stand for long, go back and sit."
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